Speaker Ryan Sports New Facial Hair After Thanksgiving Recess

— -- Paul Ryan's got a new job -- and a new look.

The newly minted House speaker was sporting facial hair after the week-long Thanksgiving recess.

Ryan's facial hair -- his staff have taken to calling it the "#BeardoftheHouse" on social media -- has earned praise from the facial hair community.

"It’s a pretty shrewd political move," said Adam Paul Causgrove of the American Mustache Institute. "It’s a bold step, he’s going out there to show the rugged manliness that he wants to define his speakership."

"When we look at the current crop of presidential candidates, we’ll go another session without a mustached POTUS since President Taft," he added.